# Elections in Alaska

Elections in Alaska :
Federal government
Presidential elections
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Presidential primaries and caucuses
Democratic
2008
2016
2020
2024
Republican
2008
2012
2016
2024
U.S. Senate elections
1958
1960
1962
1966
1968
1970 sp
1972
1974
1978
1980
1984
1986
1990
1992
1996
1998
2002
2004
2008
2010
2014
2016
2020
2022
2026
2028
U.S. House of Representatives elections
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1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
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1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022 sp
2022
2024 :
State government
Statewide elections
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Gubernatorial elections
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
Senate elections
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
House of Representatives elections
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Ballot measures
1990
2
1998
2
2008
ACWI
2014
2
2020
2
2024
2 :
Anchorage
Mayoral elections
1975
1978
1981
1984
1987
1990
1994
1997
2000
2003
2006
2009
2012
2015
2018
2021
2024
Propositions
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The number of elections in Alaska (Iñupiaq: Alaaskam naliġagviat) varies by year, but typically municipal elections occur every year, plus primary and general elections for federal and state offices occur during even-numbered years. Alaska has a gubernatorial election every four years. Members of the state's United States congressional delegation run for election or re-election at the times set out in the United States Constitution. Primary elections assist in choosing political parties' nominees for various positions. On a regional basis (see list of boroughs and census areas in Alaska), elections also cover municipal issues. In addition, a special election can occur at any time.
In a 2020 study, Alaska was ranked as the 15th hardest state for citizens to vote in.
In 2020, Alaskan voters approved an initiative to implement a nonpartisan blanket top-four primary with a single, open primary where candidates from all parties are listed on the ballot and the top four vote-getters advance to the general election. This system went into effect with the 2022 elections. Prior to this, registered voters in Alaska were given a choice between three primary ballots reflecting a semi-closed primary system. Specifically, Democratic, Libertarian, Alaskan Independence and Independent candidates were listed on one ballot available to all registered voters and Republican candidates were listed on a second ballot available to voters registered as Republican, Nonpartisan or Undeclared. In 2024, Alaskans voted on a measure to repeal the system and return to partisan primaries; the measure narrowly failed to pass.

## Presidential elections

United States presidential election results for Alaska :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| 2024 | 184,458 | 54.54% | 140,026 | 41.41% | 13,693 | 4.05% |
| 2020 | 189,951 | 52.83% | 153,778 | 42.77% | 15,801 | 4.39% |
| 2016 | 163,387 | 51.28% | 116,454 | 36.55% | 38,767 | 12.17% |
| 2012 | 164,676 | 54.80% | 122,640 | 40.81% | 13,179 | 4.39% |
| 2008 | 193,841 | 59.42% | 123,594 | 37.89% | 8,762 | 2.69% |
| 2004 | 190,889 | 61.07% | 111,025 | 35.52% | 10,684 | 3.42% |
| 2000 | 167,398 | 58.62% | 79,004 | 27.67% | 39,158 | 13.71% |
| 1996 | 122,746 | 50.80% | 80,380 | 33.27% | 38,494 | 15.93% |
| 1992 | 102,000 | 39.46% | 78,294 | 30.29% | 78,212 | 30.26% |
| 1988 | 119,251 | 59.59% | 72,584 | 36.27% | 8,281 | 4.14% |
| 1984 | 138,377 | 66.65% | 62,007 | 29.87% | 7,221 | 3.48% |
| 1980 | 86,112 | 54.35% | 41,842 | 26.41% | 30,491 | 19.24% |
| 1976 | 71,555 | 57.90% | 44,058 | 35.65% | 7,961 | 6.44% |
| 1972 | 55,349 | 58.13% | 32,967 | 34.62% | 6,903 | 7.25% |
| 1968 | 37,600 | 45.28% | 35,411 | 42.65% | 10,024 | 12.07% |
| 1964 | 22,930 | 34.09% | 44,329 | 65.91% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1960 | 30,953 | 50.94% | 29,809 | 49.06% | 0 | 0.00% |
Alaskans have voted in United States presidential elections since 1960. With the exception of the candidacy of Barry Goldwater in 1964, the Republican Party has carried Alaska in every presidential election.
| Vote in Alaska | Vote in Alaska | National vote | National vote |
| Year | Candidate | Year | Candidate |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon | 1960 | John F. Kennedy |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | 1968 | Richard Nixon |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | 1972 | Richard Nixon |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford | 1976 | Jimmy Carter |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | 1980 | Ronald Reagan |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | 1984 | Ronald Reagan |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | 1988 | George H. W. Bush |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush | 1992 | Bill Clinton |
| 1996 | Bob Dole | 1996 | Bill Clinton |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | 2000 | George W. Bush |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | 2004 | George W. Bush |
| 2008 | John McCain | 2008 | Barack Obama |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney | 2012 | Barack Obama |
| 2016 | Donald Trump | 2016 | Donald Trump |
| 2020 | Donald Trump | 2020 | Joe Biden |
| 2024 | Donald Trump | 2024 | Donald Trump |

## United States congressional delegation elections
### United States Senate elections

Alaska has a Class II Senator (currently Dan Sullivan) and a Class III Senator (currently Lisa Murkowski). Alaska first elected Senators in 1956 under the "Alaska–Tennessee Plan." They had no vote in the Senate, but were sent to represent Alaska as if they were, to lobby for statehood, and to assume the office of senator should the situation arise. Alaska's first voting senators were elected in the 1958 election; it was a special election due to the former territory's pending admission as a state.

#### Class II Senate elections

* 1960 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1966 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1972 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1978 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1984 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1990 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1996 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 2002 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 2008 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 2014 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 2020 United States Senate election in Alaska

#### Class III Senate elections

* 1962 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1968 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1974 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1980 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1986 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1992 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 1998 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 2004 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 2010 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 2016 United States Senate election in Alaska
* 2022 United States Senate election in Alaska

### United States House of Representatives elections

Alaska has had a single congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since statehood was granted in 1959.
* 1958 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1960 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1962 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1964 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1966 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1968 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1970 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1972 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1974 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1976 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1980 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1982 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1984 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1986 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1988 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1990 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1992 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1994 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1996 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 1998 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2000 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2002 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2004 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2012 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska (Special)
* 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
* 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

## Gubernatorial elections

* 1958 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 1962 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 1966 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 1970 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 1974 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 1978 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 1982 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 1986 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 1990 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 1994 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 1998 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 2002 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 2006 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 2010 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 2014 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 2018 Alaska gubernatorial election
* 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election

## Alaska Legislature elections

Alaska Senators have terms of four years; half of them are elected every two years. Alaska Representatives have terms of two years; all of them are elected every two years. The state's redistricting process allows the power to shorten the terms of state senators should a redistricting action substantially alter their district.
* 1994 Alaska state elections
* 1996 Alaska state elections
* 1998 Alaska state elections
* 2000 Alaska state elections
* 2002 Alaska state elections
* 2004 Alaska state elections
* 2006 Alaska state elections
* 2008 Alaska state elections
* 2010 Alaska state elections
* 2012 Alaska state elections
* 2014 Alaska state elections
* 2016 Alaska state elections

## Municipal elections

Virtually all of the state's municipalities hold their general elections in early October, with the notable exception of Anchorage. North Pole for many years held their elections in November, in the process holding them on the same day as state elections on even-numbered years, but eventually abandoned that in favor of October elections. Anchorage switched from an early October election day to one in early April around 1992.

## Political parties

There are four qualified political parties.
* Democratic Party (see also Alaska Democratic Party)
* Libertarian Party
* Republican Party (see also Alaska Republican Party)
* Alaskan Independence Party
Lawsuits launched by Joe Vogler and Jim Sykes, among other lawsuits, led the Alaska Legislature to eventually revamp and relax laws pertaining to party status and ballot access. The first instance of a minor party gaining recognition came in 1982, when the gubernatorial candidacy of Dick Randolph under the Libertarian Party was successful enough to meet the existing party recognition threshold.